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INDEPENDENCE DAY CARNIVAL/OZ OBSCENITY TRIAL.
A set of four small double-sided posters (41.5x27cm.), one of each colour variant produced (turquoise blue, buttercup yellow, salmon pink and pale lilac).
The posters print news and information on the Oz trial on one side and on the other an announcement of the ‘Independence Day Carnival - A Celebration of People’s Rights’ organised by the ‘Friends of Oz’ to be held in Hyde Park on July 4th, 1971. Illustrated with a cartoon illustration by Alain Le Saux.
The text on the obscenity trial argues that it is not just Oz “on trial at the Old Bailey, it is in fact an entire community which is being prosecuted”, and concludes that “The eunuch prime minister [Ted Heath] and his repressed harem of cabinet ministers have created a climate which is stifling every new expression of sexual, political and cultural freedom.”
Pink copy lightly soiled, with corner creasing; minor creasing to three other variant colour copies, o/w Near Fine.
